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SWORD FITTINGS
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Lot 213*
A Choshu School iron tsuba By Inoue Kiyotaka, late 18th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,125 inc. premium
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By Inoue Kiyotaka, late 18th century
Of rounded rectangular form, carved in takabori and inlaid with a resting horse beside a norimono by a creeper-clad fence beneath an overhanging pine branch, the reverse with a wayside tea house, details in gold takazogan, signed Inoue Shozaemon Kiyotaka; with storage box. 7.8cm (2 7/8in). (3).
Of rounded rectangular form, carved in takabori and inlaid with a resting horse beside a norimono by a creeper-clad fence beneath an overhanging pine branch, the reverse with a wayside tea house, details in gold takazogan, signed Inoue Shozaemon Kiyotaka; with storage box. 7.8cm (2 7/8in). (3).
Footnotes
Accompanied by a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
For the maker, who was considered the founder of the Inoue Family School of Nagato, see Robert Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, 2001, no.H03352.
























